..., liquidity allocation, peer selection, hardware resource usage, private channels, offline peers, tor connectivity issues, ...

I'm no longer at Kraken, but in general I see the litmus test of a good peer as how much the channel routes when routing fees are reasonable (hundreds of ppm).

Because Riot is publicly traded, anything like this would be officially communicated by the company directly.

There were a lot of precursors, but having children really prompted me to reflect on innocence, guilt, and the love between Creator and created.

I honestly don't understand how more bitcoiner's aren't atheists. We like proof of work, not faith or trust.

I've seen data suggest that the capital gains tax issue is a major problem, so getting a de minimis exemption in every jurisdiction would be the next big step.

But I also think there is no "next big step", in the sense that we're at the "1 to N" stage of adoption, lots of small iterative steps.

More prosperous and free than today's world, thanks to bitcoin!

Oh yeah, let me pull out my popcorn first

Lots of bitcoin and mining topics I'm excited to dig into:

Proof of work versus proof of stake Transaction fee predictions Block subsidy purpose Long term security Hashprice history Supply audit follow-up Data-usage audit SegWit and Taproot adoption Reorgs Output value, spending amount Velocity of outputs Mempool competition RBF and CPFP usage Softforks Tracking "blocks needed to close all open Lightning channels"

Great question. I learned that it's really important to thoroughly specify and align on the exact role and resources you'll have before joining a company. Don't just meet with the hiring manager and a peer, also meet with the major stakeholders you'll be working with to make sure they're all exactly on the same page with regards to mission and culture.

Not dead! Though it is certainly due for a refresh.

I'd love to use node launcher because I do everything on desktop and I am used to getting the best of the best experience on desktop. Not so in Lightning - the community focused on small systems in server-style like e.g. raspberry pis.

Proof of work versus proof of stake Transaction fee predictions Block subsidy purpose Long term security Hashprice history Supply audit follow-up Data-usage audit SegWit and Taproot adoption Reorgs Output value, spending amount Velocity of outputs Mempool competition RBF and CPFP usage Softforks Tracking "blocks needed to close all open Lightning channels"

I had been an advisor for Riot for the past 3 years, they approached me at a conference in NYC after I spoke about what bitcoin maximalism is. I've been impressed by their urgency in execution and laser focus on bitcoin mining!

I think it's generically true of any business that long term profits get compressed due to competition and technological innovation, so all companies are constantly having to refresh and reinvent themselves.

Before bitcoin I was a gold bug (though I only owned a couple of silver coins because I was a broke college student). When I heard about bitcoin's 21 million supply cap at the end of 2012, a light bulb went off and I started going down the rabbit hole, reading and writing about bitcoin: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/authors/pierre-rochard/

Greed motivates people to learn more than any other factor, but if left unchecked greed turns into avarice and leads to scamming.

Macro trends take decades, not months or years, to come to fruition.

Developer tooling

hyperbitcoinization started October 2008, change my mind

Turkish lira?

I'll still be doing a wide range of bitcoin R&D, including Lightning!

a. Is it a softfork? b. How many lines of code or how much engineering complexity is it adding to implementations? c. What is the impact on node operator cost? d. What is the end-user value of the change? e. What other changes is this competing with in priority?